mead
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
26 U.S.C. § 5041 — for purposes of this section (2 versions over time)
For purposes of this section, the term "mead" means a wine—
(i) containing not more than 0.64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine, except that the Secretary may by regulations prescribe such tolerances to this limitation as may be reasonably necessary in good commercial practice,
(ii) which is derived solely from honey and water,
(iii) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring, and
(iv) which contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Ground somewhat watery, not plowed, but covered with grass and flowers. Ene. Lond.